Park Avenue Health and Rehabilitation Center is located in Tucson, Arizona. This city is among the largest metropolitan areas in the nation with has a total of 880,383 people. This nursing home was awarded an A- overall, which is an elite grade. In fact, this turned out to be better than most of the facilities in Tucson, which boasts a decent selection of facilities. This place also received consistently good grades in all four of the major categories. More information about these categories is available below.
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Park Avenue Health and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
Grade: A-minus
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Lymphedema Care
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Short-term Care Quality
Grade: A
In addition to being a first rate facility overall, this facility also excelled in the area of short-term care, where it received a grade of A. In calculating our short-term care scores, we assess the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This category is often a useful measure of a facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. We weren't able to find information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The last item we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that 6.6 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
Facility Inspections
Grade: A-minus
Turning to our inspection category, this nursing home excelled in that area, which is based on the facility's recent inspection reports. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category. Inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this facility had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' scale. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in the industry.
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Nurse Quality
Grade: A-minus
Adding to its strong resume, this facility also received an excellent nursing score, with a grade of A-. When computing a facility's nursing rating, we look at the amount of time nurses are caring for residents as well as the level of skill of those nurses. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Long-term Care Quality
Grade: B
The final category we rated is long-term care. We gave this facility one of our more favorable scores in that area, with a B. Even though this wasn't as favorable as several of this facility's other scores, it is still a fine grade. Facilities that receive this type of score in long-term care typically provide consistent around the clock care to ensure residents are kept in good health. After assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 99.1404 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents healthy. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Park Avenue Health and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
Grade: A-plus
In Park Avenue Health and Rehabilitation Center, 2.43% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to remaining in one position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
Grade: A
In Park Avenue Health and Rehabilitation Center, 0.86% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure gauges the percent of long-term stay patients which had a fall which resulted in serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
Grade: A-minus
In Park Avenue Health and Rehabilitation Center, 0.57% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic indicates the percent of long-term patients which experienced urinary tract infections. UTI's may be an indication of worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this metric could also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
Grade: A-minus
In Park Avenue Health and Rehabilitation Center, 9.26% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, increased usage of these drugs may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
Grade: A
In Park Avenue Health and Rehabilitation Center, 9.31% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure measures the percent of long-term stay patients receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
Grade: B-minus
In Park Avenue Health and Rehabilitation Center, 4.26% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Grade: B
In Park Avenue Health and Rehabilitation Center, 96.26% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Grade: B-plus
In Park Avenue Health and Rehabilitation Center, 11.89% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and taking a bath. Some experts would argue this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Grade: A-minus
In Park Avenue Health and Rehabilitation Center, 20.16% of Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term residents who remained mobile levels.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Grade: C
In Park Avenue Health and Rehabilitation Center, 20.16% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Grade: D
In Park Avenue Health and Rehabilitation Center, 17.17% of Patients
Measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Grade: C
In Park Avenue Health and Rehabilitation Center, 72.77% of Resident
This metric measures the percentage of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements.
Scores for Tucson, AZ
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
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Nearby Hospitals
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- Sonora Behavioral Health HospitalPsychiatric 5.74 miles away6050 North Corona Road Tucson Arizona 85704Proprietary(520) 469-8700
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Nearby Dialysis
- Banner University Medical Center Pediatric Outpatient Dialysis Unit0.78 miles awayPO Box 245148 Tucson Arizona 85724Dialysis Stations: 4 (520) 694-7176
- Tucson West Dialysis Center (Fmc)1.06 miles away100 W Grant Rd Tucson Arizona 85705CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (520) 624-0266
- Tucson Central Dialysis (Dva)1.67 miles away2901 E Grant Rd Tucson Arizona 85716CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (520) 325-3408
- Desert Dialysis Center (Dci)2.01 miles away2022 E Prince Rd Tucson Arizona 85719Dialysis Stations: 19 (520) 327-0007
- Tucson West Dialysis (Dva)3.07 miles away1780 W Anklam Rd Tucson Arizona 85745CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 35 (520) 624-2220
- Swan Dialysis3.71 miles away1635 N Swan Road Tucson Arizona 85712Dialysis Stations: 12 (520) 327-1125
- South Tucson Dialysis (Fmc)3.89 miles away2802 South 6th Ave Tucson Arizona 85713Dialysis Stations: 24 (520) 792-2999
- Tucson South Dialysis (Dva)4.73 miles away3662 S 16th Ave Tucson Arizona 85713CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (520) 882-9665
